It’s as if John D. Rockefeller is reaching out from the grave to reassemble his old Standard Oil monopoly. ConocoPhillips’ $22.5 billion all-stock acquisition of Marathon Oil—both former pie ...

Even after Standard Oil was broken into 34 companies, Rockefeller’s wealth multiplied because he retained ownership in each one. Just as Rockefeller became the richest man of his era by ...

In "The History of the Standard Oil Company," she skillfully infused her exposé of the complicated inner workings of Rockefeller's trust with dramatic tension. Her eloquent prose, as gripping as ...

Rockefeller, as he stepped from an automobile ... of consulting with his attorneys concerning the recent Standard Oil trial at Findlay. "I have nothing to say for publication," he said, and ...

Rockefeller Sr. with family. Rockefeller Archives. The so-called Cleveland Massacre was the beginning of John D. Rockefeller's drive toward an oil monopoly, and it is considered one of his ...

The company Rockefeller started at age 23, Standard Oil, came to hold a virtual monopoly on the American oil industry. He maintained control of Standard Oil until its eventual break-up by the U.S.

Rockefeller, whose great-grandfather was the cofounder of Standard Oil and one of America's wealthiest dynasties, traveled to New Guinea in 1961 to photograph the Asmat people and collect their art.

The Rockefeller Foundation is launching a Coal to Clean Credit Initiative (CCCI), with which it will aim to support 60 projects by 2030 to help close coal-fired power plants in developing countries.